The deputies of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the Parliament of Kazakhstan) approved the bill, which implies the complete exclusion of the death penalty, reports Oorda. Now the amendments will be made to the criminal, criminal procedure and criminal executive codes that contain the provision on the death penalty. Kazakhstan was going to maintain the highest measure of punishment only for especially serious crimes committed in wartime.

AST Publishing House represents the book of Joanna Stingrey “Russian Rock. The end of the underground. Photos. Interview. Documents ". Joanna Stingrey is an American singer, an actress, a musical producer and public figure, one of the significant people and popularizers of Soviet and post-Soviet rock culture in the West. This is the third album of photographs, documents and interviews made by Joanna at the time of her stay in the Soviet Union.

The investigation stopped a criminal case against a resident of Yekaterinburg Daria Belyaeva, who bought Bupropion through the Internet antidepressant. She was accused of the acquisition and smuggling of drugs (part 2 of Article 228, part 3 of Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), writes Znak.com. Lawyer Irina Ruchko told the publication that the case was closed, since the girl was not involved in the crime. Belyaeva now received the right to rehabilitation.

The founder of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, Bill Gates, on his blog, called the “most difficult and unusual in his life” because of covid self-isolation, divorce from his wife, as well as “conspiracy theories”, which regularly mention his name. Gates, whose condition Forbes estimates almost $ 139 billion, admitted that due to the pandemic and the need to observe self-isolation, spent the most part on the Internet.

Australia decided to declare the diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing, the Associated Press agency, citing the words of the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Only Australian athletes, but not officials and diplomats will go to the competitions.

On December 8, in Russia, a reduction in the validity of the PCR test from 72 to 48 hours entered into force. All who arrived in Russia from South Africa, Botswan, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, the Kingdoms of Esvatini and Hong Kong, from today must observe two -week quarantine. It is also due to the spread of a new coronavirus strain. Rospotrebnadzor also found that persons who had contacts with patients with Covid should take the PCR test only if there are symptoms.

On December 8, the Baikonur cosmodrome started the Soyuz MS-20 spacecraft, where space tourists went to the ISS for the first time since 2009. This was reported by the State Corporation "Roscosmos" - one of the organizers of the launch (along with the company Space Adventures). The Japanese businessman Yusaku Maesawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano will spend 12 days at the International Space Station and will return to Earth on the morning of December 20.

The Tver Court of Moscow sentenced the defendant of the “palace” case, Tiktoker Konstantin Lakeev by 2 years 8 months of the colony of general regime for attacking the FSB car during the opposition rally on January 23. This was reported by New Gazeta with reference to the press service of the court. In addition, the court granted the civil lawsuit of the victim of the FSKU “military unit” to the blogger and collected 337 thousand rubles from him to compensate for material damage.

Politician Alexei Navalny filed another lawsuit against the administration of IR N2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation of the Russian Federation of the Russian Federation, the corresponding materials were posted on the portal of the Petushinsky District Court.

The St. Petersburg bar El Copitas was one of the best establishments in the world - it took eighth place in the annual rating of The Worldʼs 50 Best Bars. “Here, in a tiny hidden basement in St. Petersburg, Mexican hospitality in a microcosm. In 2022, we will see the opening of El Copitas Apartments - a creative decision for complaints about the noise was to buy an apartment over a bar, ”the authors of the rating wrote. The first place, as last year, was taken by the London Connaught Bar.

In the police department of the Belokalitvinsky district of the Rostov region, a man died, Kommersant reports , referring to the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the region. The emergency happened on the night of December 7, but the media became known about it only on the day of December 8.

Attackers began to use ARTAG trackers to track and theft of expensive cars in Canada. Since the beginning of autumn, the Ontario police recorded five such cases, Techspot reports . In each case, the criminals acted according to one scenario. They hid trackers on parked cars. AIRTAG transmitted all the data on the movement of the attackers of the cars of interest. The hijackers analyzed the data and understood when the car was standing for a long time without movement.

Moskvich Sergey Glazov, who fired at the Ryazan MFC, left a pistol, cartridges, a currency for 3 million rubles and a grinder at the scene, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the source. “When examining the scene, a gun with a store, 25 rounds of various markings and five sleeves were seized. In addition, a screwdriver, a belt with a scabbard, PowerBank, a flashlight, a grinder and a disk for it, wires and a set of hexagons were found.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation transferred a note to the Note to the American Embassy in Moscow with a warning about the "dangerous consequences of US and NATO provocations" among Russian borders. This was stated by the official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova.

Three mummies with golden languages ​​were discovered by archaeologists in the tomb of the Greco-Roman era in the ancient city of Oksirinha, modern al-Bakhnas, 160 kilometers southwest of Cairo. The Spanish archaeological mission, which has been excavations in the city for decades, has discovered a new burial last year. This was the only chamber of polished limestone from the time of the 26th dynasty-the last local dynasty that ruled Egypt before he was won by Persia in 525 BC. e.